90.6% of residents of Erwin speak English at home.
8.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (22% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 271 (5.5%)
(45.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 61.4%Number of people working at home: 60 (3.0% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,309 (86%)

Carpooled: 115 (8%)

Taxi: 9 (1%)

Walked: 23 (2%)

Worked at home: 60 (4%)

First ancestries reported:

American: 438

English: 242

Irish: 188

Scotch-Irish: 122

German: 112

European: 62

Scottish: 41

Italian: 39

French (except Basque): 28

Lithuanian: 12

British: 9

Polish: 9

French Canadian: 6

Austrian: 2

Dutch: 2

Greek: 2

Palestinian: 2

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

36%Guatemala

23%Honduras

21%Mexico

4%Germany

3%Trinidad and Tobago

2%Israel

2%Canada

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 3,757

Other state: 840

Northeast: 200

Midwest: 124

South: 407

West: 98

90% of Erwin residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in North Carolina.